{"id":2231,"date":"2021-09-01T07:37:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/?page_id=2231"},"modified":"2021-09-01T07:40:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:40:49","slug":"roopnarine-cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/history\/roopnarine-cv\/","title":{"rendered":"Roopnarine CV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>1400 J R Lynch Street<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>History &amp; Philosophy Department<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>College of Liberal Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Jackson State University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Jackson, MS, 39217<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>601-979-2494 (work)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><u>lomarsh.roopnarine@jsums.edu<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D.: University at Albany, State University of New York, Latin American &amp; Caribbean Studies, May 2002<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Academic Career <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Professor of Caribbean &amp; Latin American Studies at Jackson State University<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial\/Advisory Board<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>University Press of Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Caribbean Writer (2016-2020)<\/li>\n<li>International Journal of Women\u2019s Studies<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies<\/li>\n<li>South Asian Diaspora<\/li>\n<li>Indenture Papers<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Ethnicities<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Labor History<\/li>\n<li>Open Journal of Women\u2019s Studies<\/li>\n<li>Global Girmit Institute (Fiji)<\/li>\n<li>Indenture Labor Route<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Reviewer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Grant Applications for the National Endowment of Humanities (Program Officer) 2016, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Oxford University Press (manuscript)<\/li>\n<li>External Reviewer for a dissertation from the Acharya Nagarjuna University (India)<\/li>\n<li>External Reviewer for a dissertation from University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>External Reviewer for the University of the West Indies on a faculty promotion<\/li>\n<li>Routledge (book proposal)<\/li>\n<li>Palgrave (book proposal)<\/li>\n<li>Book Reviewer for the American Journal of Indic Studies<\/li>\n<li>Geographical Journal<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Economic History Review<\/li>\n<li>Journal of American Historical Review<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Studies in Travel Writing<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Sage Open<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Ethnicities<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Social and Economic Studies<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Labor History<\/li>\n<li>Journal of South Asian Diaspora (5 times)<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Latin American &amp; Ethnic Studies<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Small Axe<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Caribbean Quarterly (4 times)<\/li>\n<li>International Journal of Women\u2019s Studies (4 times)<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Caribbean Writer<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Research Interests <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Caribbean migration, ethnicity and identity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Courses Taught<\/h2>\n<p>Jackson State University (2012 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 )<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate course: The History the Caribbean 530 (also online)<\/li>\n<li>World Civilization 101 HISTORICAL (also online)<\/li>\n<li>World Civilization 102 MODERN (also online)<\/li>\n<li>History of Colonial Latin America 327<\/li>\n<li>History of Modern Latin America 328<\/li>\n<li>History of the Caribbean 329<\/li>\n<li>Historiography 344<\/li>\n<li>Seminar 447<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>University of the Virgin Islands (2002-2012)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to the Social Sciences 100<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Sociology 121<\/li>\n<li>World History or World Civilization 181 (also on Blackboard)<\/li>\n<li>World History or World Civilization 182 (also on Blackboard)<\/li>\n<li>Physical &amp; Cultural Anthropology 225<\/li>\n<li>History of the United States 320 (also on Blackboard)<\/li>\n<li>Virgin Islands History 342<\/li>\n<li>Caribbean History 341 (also on Blackboard)<\/li>\n<li>US-Caribbean Relations 330<\/li>\n<li>Latin America 350 (also on Blackboard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Skidmore College (2006-2007)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colonial Latin America 108<\/li>\n<li>Modern Latin America 109<\/li>\n<li>US-Caribbean Relations 217<\/li>\n<li>Caribbean Revolutions 217<\/li>\n<li>Colonial Caribbean 330<\/li>\n<li>Modern Caribbean 331<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>State University of New York at Albany (2000-2002)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to Latin America 100<\/li>\n<li>The Caribbean: People, History, and Culture 269<\/li>\n<li>Latin America: Culture &amp; Society 502 (co-taught this graduate class with former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dr. Carlos Santiago)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Book Publications <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Indian Caribbean: Migration and Identity in the Diaspora, <\/em>Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><em>Indian Indenture in the Danish West Indies, <\/em>London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><em>Indo-Caribbean Indenture: Resistance and Accommodation<\/em>, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Edited Books<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Indian Indenture and Migration<\/em>, edited by Maurits S. Hassankhan, Rachel Kurian<strong>, Lomarsh Roopnarine<\/strong> and Ashutosh Kumar. Manohar Publishers &amp; Distributors (Forthcoming)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><em>Nationalism, Transnationalism and Identity in the Age of Post-Slavery Indenture and Migration<\/em>, edited by Maurits S. Hassankhan, Kalpana Hiralal, Cristiana Bastos and <strong>Lomarsh Roopnarine<\/strong>, Manohar Publishers &amp; Distributors (Forthcoming)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><em>The Legacy of Indian Indenture: Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Migration and Diaspora<\/em><strong>. <\/strong>Maurits Hassankhan, <strong>Lomarsh Roopnarine<\/strong> and Hans Ramsoedh (Eds), New Delhi: Manohar Publisher &amp; Distributors, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><em>Social and Cultural Dimensions of Indian Indentured Labour and its Diaspora: Past and Present.<\/em> Maurits S. Hassankhan, <strong>Lomarsh Roopnarine<\/strong> and Radica Mahase (Eds), New Delhi: Manohar Publisher &amp; Distributors, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><em>Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Historical and contemporary issues in Suriname and the Caribbean<\/em>. Maurits S. Hassankhan, <strong>Lomarsh Roopnarine<\/strong>, Cheryl White and Radica Mahase (Eds), New Delhi: Manohar Publisher &amp; Distributors, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><em>Islam, Muslims and Indentured Labour: Diaspora Experiences of a Minority Group in Plural Societies<\/em>, Maurits S. Hassankhan, <strong>Lomarsh Roopnarine<\/strong> and Goolam Vahed (Eds), New Delhi: Manohar Publisher &amp; Distributors, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Book Chapters<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cLabor Migrations of the Nineteenth Century\u201d in <em>The Cambridge History of the Caribbean<\/em> edited by Edward Rugemer; Kristen Block; Anne Eller; Matthew Smith, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNot so Anchored: Remigration of Indians within the Caribbean Region\u201d In <em>Indenture and After: Gender, Agency and Resistance Amongst South Asian Overseas Migrants.<\/em> Crispin Bates (ed), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u201cBerbice and Beyond: My Improbable Journey\u201d In <em>Girmitiyas: The Making of Their<\/em> <em>Memory-Keepers from the Indian Indentured<\/em> <em>Diaspora<\/em>, Brij Lal (ed). Primus Books (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\u201cThe African Caribbean Experience: Continuity and Change\u201d In <em>Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora, <\/em>Mario Azevedo (ed), pp. 181-192, Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\u201cThree Controversial issues in Guyana: Border controversy, Out-Migration and Landownership\u201d <em>The Contemporary Caribbean: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, <\/em>Clinton Beckford (Ed). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publisher, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>\u201cTransnational migration during East Indian Indenture in British Guiana and Trinidad\u201d <em>The Legacy of Indian Indenture: Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Migration and Diaspora<\/em><strong>. <\/strong>Maurits Hassankhan, Lomarsh Roopnarine and Hans Ramsoedh (Eds), pp 15-36, New Delhi: Manohar Publisher 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>\u201cResistance and Adaptation among Indentured Indian Laborers in British Guiana during Indenturedship\u201d In <em>Resistance and Indian Indenture Experience: Comparative Perspective,<\/em> Mauritus S. Hassankhan, Brij V. Lal &amp; Doug Munro (Eds), pp 157-182, New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>\u201cEnvironmental Policy Challenges and Growth in Guyana\u201d <em>In Living at Borderlines: Issues in Caribbean Sovereignty and Development<\/em>. Cynthia Barrow-Giles and Don Marshall (Eds.), pp 276-303.Kingston, Ian Randle Publishers, 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Journal Articles <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cIntra-regional Caribbean labor migratory dynamics of Conflict and Solidarity in the United States Virgin Islands, 1950-2020\u201d <em>Caribbean Quarterly<\/em> 63. No. 3 (2021): 304-319.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u201cPuerto Ricans and Dominicans in the United States Virgin Islands<em>\u201d Caribbean Studies <\/em>49. No. 1, (2021): 61-84.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u201cJews and Frenchies: White Ethnic Minority in the United States Virgin Islands\u201d <em>Small Axe: Journal of Criticism<\/em> 65. (2021): 69-82.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\u201cWhite American Migration to the United States Virgin Islands: Development or Dominance. <em>Researcher<\/em> 30. No. 1 (2020): 1-20.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\u201cContract Labor Migration as an agent of Revolutionary Change in the Danish West Indies\u201d <em>Labor History<\/em> 61. Issue 5-6, (2020): 692-705.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>\u201cThe Village Peeper\u201d (short story) <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em> 32 (2018): 122-128.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>\u201cMuslim Faith and Work Ethic in the United States Virgin Islands\u201d <em>Journal of<\/em> <em>Muslim Minority Affairs<\/em> 36. Issue 1 (2016): 62-73.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>\u201cEast Indian women and Leadership Roles during Indentured Servitude in British Guiana 1838-1920, <em>Journal of International Women Studies<\/em>, Vol. 16. No. 3 (July 2015): 174-185.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>\u201cEast Indians in the United States Virgin Islands\u201d <em>Social and Economic Studies<\/em>63. No. 1 (2014): 89-110<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>\u201cA Critique of East Indian indentured Historiography in the Caribbean\u201d <em>Labor History<\/em> 55. No. 3 (2014): 389-401.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>\u201cGuyana Population Movements and Societal Development\u201d Institute of Developmental Studies, University of Guyana Special Series Paper #712 to commemorate the 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary (1963-2013) of the University of Guyana, (2013).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li>\u201cA Comparative Analysis of two failed Indenture Experiences in Post-emancipation Caribbean: British Guiana (1838-1843) and Danish St. Croix (1863\u20131868)\u201d <em>IberoAmericana:<\/em> <em>Nordic Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, <\/em>Institute of Latin American Studies, Stockholm University<em>, <\/em>Vol. 42. No. 1 &amp; 2 (2012): 203-230.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"13\">\n<li>\u201cRegulations and Remittances from British Indentured Guianese,\u201d <em>Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East<\/em> 32. No. 3 (2012): 662-671.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li>\u201cDraputie\u2019s Vanishing Hopes\u201d (creative short story) <em>Arts Journal<\/em>, (University of Guyana) Vol. 7, No 1 &amp; 2 (Spring 2012): 50-54.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li>\u201cSt. Croix\u2019s Secession Movement in the United States Virgin Islands: Sentimental or Serious,\u201d <em>Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies<\/em> 36, No. 1, (2011): 43-65<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"16\">\n<li>\u201cIndian Migration during Indentured Servitude in British Guiana and Trinidad, 18501920,\u201d <em>Labor History<\/em> 52. No. 2, (2011): 173-192.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"17\">\n<li>\u201cThe Challenges of CARICOM Integration: The Barbadian-Guyanese Impasse,\u201d <em>Transition<\/em>, Institute of Developmental Studies at the University of Guyana Vol. 40, (2011): 62-91.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li>\u201cMaroon Resistance and Settlement on Danish St. Croix,\u201d <em>Journal of Third World Studie<\/em>s Vol. 27, Issue 2, (2010): 89-108<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"19\">\n<li>\u201cSocial Identity in the Modern United States Virgin Islands,\u201d <em>Social Identities: <\/em><em>Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture<\/em> Vol.16, No.6. (November 2010): 791-807.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"20\">\n<li>\u201cThe Indian Sea Voyage between India and the Caribbean during the second half of the Nineteenth Century.\u201d <em>Journal of Caribbean History<\/em> 44. No. 1. (2010): 48-74.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li>\u201cRepatriation and Remittances of ex-Indian Indentured from Danish St. Croix, 18681873\u201d <em>Scandinavian Journal of History<\/em> 35. No. 2. 2010: 247-267.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li>\u201cIndian Social Identity in Guyana, Trinidad and North American Diaspora,\u201d <em>Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora<\/em> 12. No. 3. (2009): 87-125.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"23\">\n<li>\u201cThe First and Only Crossing: Indian Indenture on Danish St. Croix 1863-1868\u201d <em>South Asian Diaspora<\/em> 1. No. 2, (2009): 113-140.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li>\u201cUnited States Virgin Islands Migration,\u201d <em>Social and Economic Studies<\/em> 57: 3 &amp; 4, (2008): 131-156.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"25\">\n<li>The Repatriation, Readjustment, and second-term Migration of Ex-indentured Indian Laborers from British Guiana and Trinidad to India 1838-1955\u201d <em>New West Indian Guide<\/em> 83. No.1 &amp; 2, (2009): 71-97.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"26\">\n<li>\u201cThe Other Side of Indo-Caribbean Indentureship: Land-ownership, Savings and Remigration\u201d <em>Journal of Caribbean History<\/em> 42. No. 2. (December 2008): 205-230.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"27\">\n<li>\u201cEastern Caribbean Islanders in St. Croix: Intra-Island Migration and Ethnic Relations\u201d <em>Journal of Caribbean Studies<\/em>. Vol. 22. No. 3. (2008): 137-154.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"28\">\n<li>\u201cGuyanese Indian Diaspora within the Caribbean: Migration and Identity.\u201d <em>Man in India: A Quarterly International Journal of Anthropology. <\/em> 88, No. 1: (2008): 5770.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"29\">\n<li>\u201cThe Return of East Indian Indentured servants from the Caribbean to India 18381920\u201d <em>Journal of Caribbean History <\/em> 40, No. 2, (2006): 308-324.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"30\">\n<li>\u201cIndo-Caribbean Social Identity,\u201d <em>Caribbean Quarterly,<\/em> 52. No. 1, (2006): 1-11.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"31\">\n<li>\u201cSmall-scale Gold Mining and Environmental Policy Challenges in Guyana\u2019s Interior Region.\u201d <em>Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/em>, Vol. 32 No.61. (Spring 2006):115-144.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"32\">\n<li>\u201cIndo-Caribbean Intra-Island Migration: Not so Marginalized.\u201d <em>Social and Economic Studies<\/em> 54, No. 2, (2005), 107-136.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"33\">\n<li>\u201cThe Dilution of the Caste System among Caribbean East Indians\u201d, <em>La Torre<\/em>, Vol. 34 No. 36-37, (2005): 275-287.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"34\">\n<li>\u201cEast Indian Emigration to the Caribbean: Beyond the Push and Pull Model\u201d <em>Caribbean Studies<\/em>, University of Puerto Rico. 31. No. 2, (Spring 2004): 97-134.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"35\">\n<li>\u201cIndo-Caribbean Migration: From Periphery to Core.\u201d <em>Caribbean Quarterly<\/em>. Vol. 49. No. 3, (Fall 2003): 30-60.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"36\">\n<li>\u201cWounding Guyana: Gold Mining and Environmental Degradation.\u201d<em> European <\/em><em>Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/em> Vol. 73, (October 2002): 83-91.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"37\">\n<li>\u201cIndo-Guyanese Migration: From Plantation to Metropolis!\u201d <em>Immigrants and Minorities<\/em>. 20. No. 2, (2001): 1-25.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"38\">\n<li>\u201cPolitics, Economics and Environmental Policy in Guyana.\u201d <em>Journal of Caribbean History<\/em>. Vol. 34. No.1 &amp; 2, (2000): 178-217.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"39\">\n<li>\u201cThe Dual Legacy of Antigua\u2019s First Prime Minister Vere Bird, 1909-1999.\u201d <em>Revista\/Review Interamericana<\/em>. University of Puerto Rico. Vol. 30. No. 1-4, (2000): 1-8.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Book Reviews<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Baytoram Ramharack, <em>Jung Bahadur Singh of Guyana (1886-1956): Politician, ship doctor, labor leader and protector of Indians, <\/em>San Juan, Trinidad: Chakra Publishing, 2019, <em>Journal of Caribbean History<\/em> (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Caree A. Banton, <em>More Auspicious Shores: Barbadian Migration to Liberia Blackness, and the Making of an African Republic<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. <em>Journal of African American History<\/em> (Forthcoming).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Yaa Gyasi, <em>Homegoing,<\/em> New York, Vintage Books, 2016, <em>The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies<\/em> (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Jerome Teelucksingh. <em>Beyond the Legacy of the Missionaries and East Indians<\/em>, Leiden: Brill. 2020. <em>New West Indian Guide.<\/em> 95. No. 1-2 (2020): 71-72.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><em>Allison Klein, Anglophone Literature of Caribbean Indenture: The Seductive Hierarchies of Empire<\/em>. London &amp; New Yok: Palgrave, MacMillan 2019, <em>New West Indian Guide<\/em> 94 (2020): 353-354.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>David Gilmour, <em>The British in India: A Social History of the Raj<\/em>, Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 2018.<em> The Historian<\/em> 81 No. 4 (Winter 2019):718-19.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>Radhika Mongia, <em>Indian Migration and Empire: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State<\/em>. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018 <em>The Historian<\/em> 81 Issue. 3 (Fall 2019): 510-511.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>Marilyn Krigger, <em>Race Relations in U.S Virgin Islands: St. Thomas \u2013A Centennial Retrospective.<\/em> Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Publishing. 2018. <em>Ethnic and Racial Studies<\/em>. Vol. 42. Issue 11 (2019): 2387-2389.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>Ashutosh Kumar. <em>Coolies of the Empire: indentured Indians in the sugar colonies, 1830-1920<\/em>. Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2017. <em>Labor History<\/em>. Vol. 60. Issue 5 (2019): 590-91.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>Dave Ramsaran and Linden Lewis. <em>Caribbean Masala: Indian in Guyana and Trinidad, <\/em>Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2018. <em>Journal of Urban Affairs<\/em>. Vol. 60. No. 2. (2019): 164-166.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>Colbert I. Nepaulsingh, <em>The Birth of the Kabir Panthi Movement in Trinidad<\/em>. Port of Spain, Paria Publishing Co. Ltd, 2018. <em>Caribbean Quarterly. <\/em> 65. Issue 2 (2019): 308-310.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li>Edwin L. Martin, <em>Stranded Batsman<\/em>, Meadville, Pennsylvania: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. <em>Journal of Caribbean History<\/em> 53. No. 1 (2019): 181-185.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"13\">\n<li>Llana Barber, <em>Latino City: Immigration and Urban Crisis in Lawrence, <\/em><em>Massachusetts<\/em>, <em>1945-200<\/em>, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017<em> Latin Americanists <\/em>Vol. 62. No. 3 (2018): 606-607.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/author\/289752052\/Vibert-C-Cambridge\">Vilbert C. Cambridge<\/a> <em>Musical Life in Guyana: History and Politics of Controlling Creativity<\/em><em>. <\/em>Jackson, Mississippi, University Press of Mississippi. 2015<em>, Caribbean Writer <\/em> 32 (2018): 236-239.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li>Steven Hyland<em>, More Argentine than You: Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in Argentina<\/em>. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2018. <em>The Latin Americanists<\/em>, Vol. 62 No. 2 (2018): 308-310.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"16\">\n<li>Mary Njeri Kinyanjui, <em>Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa: From the <\/em><em>Margins to the Centre<\/em>. Zed Books, London. 2014. <em>International Journal of Women\u2019s Studies <\/em>Vol. 19. No. 2 (2018): 264-265.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"17\">\n<li>Jan Lowe Shinebourne<em>, The Last Ship, <\/em>Leeds: Peepal Tree, 2015, <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em> 30. (2016): 343-344.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li>Tony Martin, <em>Caribbean History: Pre-Colonial Origins to the Present<\/em>, Boston: Pearson, 2012, <em>Nordic Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies <\/em>Vol. 45. No. 1 (2016): 3-5.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"19\">\n<li>Sabir Nakhuda, <em>Bengal to Barbados: A 100 Year History of East Indians in Barbados<\/em>, Self-published, St. James, Barbados, 2013, <em>Caribbean Quarterly<\/em> 61. No. 4, (2016): 160-61.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"20\">\n<li>Keith Tinker, <em>The Migration of Peoples from the Caribbean to the Bahamas<\/em>, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2010, <em>Ethno History<\/em> 63. No. 1 (2016): 203-204.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li>Hillary McD Beckles, <em>Britain\u2019s Black Death: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Genocide,<\/em> Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 2013 <em>Journal of Third World Studies<\/em> 32. No. 1 (2015): 351-352.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li>Robert E. May, <em>Slavery, Race and Conquest in the Tropic: Lincoln, Douglas and the Future of America<\/em>, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, <em>Journal of Mississippi History <\/em> LXXVII, No. 1 &amp; 2 (2015):100-101.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"23\">\n<li>PETER MANUEL <em>Tales, Tunes, and Tassa Drums: Retention and Invention in IndoCaribbean Music<\/em> Urbana, University of Illinois Press 2014, <em>Ethnomusicology Forum <\/em> 24. Issue 3 (2015): 480-82.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li>J. Fuller &amp; Haripriya Narasimhan: <em>Tamil Brahmans,<\/em> <em>The Making of a MiddleClass Caste<\/em>, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014, <em>Journal of Intercultural Affairs <\/em>Vol. 36. No 4. (2015) 508-510.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"25\">\n<li>Jan Lowe Shinebourne, <em>Chinese Women<\/em>, Leed: Peepal Tree Press, 2010, <em>Journal of Caribbean Literatures <\/em> 7, No. 2 (2013): 217-218.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"26\">\n<li>Khalil Rahman Ali, <em>Sugar Sweet Allure,<\/em> London: Hansib Publication, 2013 <em>Journal of Caribbean Literatures <\/em> 7, No. 2 (2013): 215-216.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"27\">\n<li>Rupert, Linda M. <em>Creolization and Contraband<\/em>: Curacao in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2012, <em>European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/em> 98, (2015): 126-128.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"28\">\n<li><em>Coolie Pink and Green<\/em>, film by Patricia Mohammed, <em>Journal of Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas<\/em> 1 (2015): 185-187.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"29\">\n<li>JoAnne Poblete, <em>Islanders in the Empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai\u2018i <\/em>University Press of Illinois, <em>Labor History <\/em> 65. No. 1 (2015): 113-114.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"30\">\n<li>Colin A. Palmer, <em>Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana\u2019s Struggle for Independence <\/em>University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, 2010, <em>Social &amp; Economic Studies<\/em> 63. No. 3 &amp; 4 (2014): 348-350.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"31\">\n<li>Rahul Bhattacharya, <em>The Sly Company of People Who Care<\/em>, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011, <em>Journal of West Indian Literature<\/em> 22. No. 2 (2014): 83-85.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"32\">\n<li>April J. Mayes, <em>The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity<\/em> Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2014 <em>Caribbean Quarterly<\/em> 60, No. 3 (2014): 104-05.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"33\">\n<li>Toyin Falola, <em>The African Diaspora: Slavery, Modernity, and Globalization,<\/em> University of Rochester Press, Rochester NY, 2013. <em>African Affairs<\/em>114. Issue 454 (2015): 168-169.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"34\">\n<li>Gaiutra Bahadur, <em>Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture<\/em>, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2013, <em>Journal of Intercultural Affairs <\/em> 35. No. 4. (2014): 464-65.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"36\">\n<li>Emmanuel C. Nwagboso, Anarchy and the Quest for Political Stability in Sierra Leone, Lewiston: Edwin Mellon Press, 2013, <em>African Affairs<\/em> Vol. 113. No. 451 (2014): 326-327<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"36\">\n<li>Lilia Fernandez, <em>Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago<\/em>, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2013, <em>Ethnic and Racial Studies<\/em> No. 10 (January 2014): 1973-1975<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"36\">\n<li>Kathleen Lopez, <em>Chinese Cubans: A Transnational History<\/em>, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2013, <em>Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History <\/em>No. 1. (2014) DOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1353\/cch.2014.0018\">10.1353\/cch.2014.0018<\/a> .<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"38\">\n<li>Rosanne, Kanhai, <em>Bindi: The Multifaceted Lives of Indo-Caribbean Women<\/em>, Kingston, University of the West Indies Press, 2011 <em>International Journal of Women Studies<\/em> 15, No. 1 (2014): 228-229.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"39\">\n<li>John Gimlette, Wild Coast: Travels on South America\u2019s Untamed Edge, Alfred A. Knoff, New York, 2011, <em>Caribbean Quarterly<\/em> Vol. 59, Nos. 3 &amp; 4 (2013): 194-196.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"40\">\n<li>Boyer, William, America\u2019s Virgin Islands: A history of Human Rights and Wrongs (2<sup>nd<\/sup> edition) Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2010, <em>Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies<\/em> Vo. 36. No. 72 (ONLINE).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"41\">\n<li>Pierre-Louis Jr., Francois, <em>Haitians in New York City: Transnationalism and Hometown Associations,<\/em> Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 2006, <em>Journal of Third World Studies <\/em> XXIX. No. 2, (2012): 277-278.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"42\">\n<li>Franklin Knight, <em>The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism<\/em>, 3<sup>rd edition<\/sup>, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2011, <em>Journal of Caribbean History<\/em> 46. No. 1 2012: 118-120.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"43\">\n<li>Gore, Akai, H. <em>Garrote: The Illusion of Social Equality and Political Justice in the United States Virgin Islands<\/em>, Wadadli Press, 2009, <em>Island Studies<\/em> 7. No. 2, (2012): 277-279.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"44\">\n<li>Rodriguez, E. Nestor, <em>Divergent Dictions: Contemporary Dominican Literature<\/em>, Coconut Creek, FL: Caribbean Studies Press, 2011 <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em> 26, (2012): 278-277.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"45\">\n<li>Haseth, de Carel, <em>Founding Fictions of the Dutch Caribbean: Slave and Master (Katibu di Shon),<\/em> Translated and with an Introduction by Olga E. Rojer &amp; Joseph o. Aimone, New York; Peter Lang, 2011, <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em> 26, (2012): 284-286.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"46\">\n<li>Jadish Roy Singh, Days of Laughter. Canada: Blue Tree Publishing, 2010, <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em>, Vol. 25, (2011): 389-393.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"47\">\n<li>Elizabeth Rezende &amp; Anne Walbom, <em> Croix: Historic Photos<\/em>, Denmark: Narayana Press. 2009. <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em> Vol. 24, (2010): 381-383.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"48\">\n<li>David Dabydeen, Jonathan Morley, Brinsley Samaroo, Amar Wahab &amp; Brigid Wells,<em> Theophilus Richmond, The First Crossing: Being The Diary of Theophilus Richmond, Ship\u2019s Surgeon Aboard The Hesperus, 1837-8<\/em>, Derek Walcott Press, 2007. <em>Journal of Caribbean History<\/em> 43. No. 2. (2009): 285-290.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"49\">\n<li>Lloyd McCarthy. \u201cIn-Dependence\u201d from Bondage, Claude McKay and Michael Manley: Defying the Ideological Clash and Policy Gaps in African Diaspora Relations, Africana Research Publication. 2007. <em>Caribbean Writer,<\/em> 22. (2008): 271-274.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"50\">\n<li>Nathalie Dessens, <em>Myths of the Plantation Society: Slavery in the American South and the West Indies. <\/em>Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003.<em>New West Indian Guide<\/em><u>, <\/u> 80. No. 3&amp;4, (2006): 281-282.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"51\">\n<li>Tina K. Ramnarine, <em>Creating their own Destiny: The Development of an Indian Caribbean Musical Tradition<\/em>. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 2000 <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em>, Vol. 19. (2005): 267-270.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"52\">\n<li>Kean Gibson, <em>A Cycle of Racial Oppression in Guyana<\/em>. University Press of America, 2003. <em>Caribbean Quarterly<\/em> Vol 50. No. 2 (June 2004): 86-90.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"53\">\n<li>Dawn F. Stinchcomb, <em>The Development of Literary Blackness in the Dominican Republic, <\/em>Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 2004. <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em> 20. (2004): 252-256.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Bibliographical Entries<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cEuropean, African and Javanese Indentured Servitude in the Caribbean<em>,\u201d <\/em>In <em>Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History<\/em>. Ed. Trevor Burnard. New York: Oxford University Press 2018. <strong>DOI: 10.1093\/OBO\/9780199730414-0313<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u201cChinese Indentured Servitude in the Atlantic World.\u201d In <em>Oxford Bibliographies in <\/em><em>Atlantic History<\/em>. Ed. Trevor Burnard. New York: Oxford University Press, 26 April 2018. <strong>DOI: 10.1093\/OBO\/9780199730414-0294<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u201cIndian Indentured Servitude in the Atlantic World.\u201d In <em>Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History<\/em>. Ed. Trevor Burnard. New York: Oxford University Press, 30 March <strong>DOI: 10.1093\/OBO\/9780199730414-0210<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\u201cGuyanese in New York State\u201d In the <em>Encyclopedia of New York State<\/em>, Peter Eisenstadts &amp; Laura-Eve Moss (Eds). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2005, pp 862-683.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Interviews<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Roopnarine, Lomarsh, \u201cInterview with Frank Birbalsingh.\u201d <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em> 19, (2005): 213-222.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Roopnarine, Lomarsh. Interview with Patricia Mohammed: The Status of Indo-Caribbean Women: From Indenture to the Contemporary Period. <em>Journal of International Women&#8217;s Studies<\/em>, Vol. 17. No. 3, (2016): 4-16.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Roopnarine, Lomarsh, \u201cInterview with Khal Torobally: Coolitude: Twenty-five years Later\u201d <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em> 30. (2016): 284-294.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Interviewed by Reporters and Journal Editors<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Interviewed Alscess Lewis-Brown, Editor of Caribbean Writer, Spring 2019<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by Samantha Harlow on the radio program Caribbean Conscious on Indian identity on October 18, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by Suman Guha Mozumder for <em>India Abroad<\/em> Magazine on Indo-Caribbean community mourns the death of Nobel laureate Naipaul on August 15, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by Aisiri Amin, Correspondent for <em>Little India Magazine<\/em> on Beyond Coolie Identity in the Caribbean on October 1, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by Sidsel Nyholm, U.S. correspondent, for the Daily Danish newspaper, <em>Kristeligt Dagblad<\/em> on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Denmark&#8217;s sale of the Virgin Islands to the United States on March 15, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by Danish Journalist Jon Mathorne on Danish West Indies with regard to The constitutional match provides conflict in former Danish colony on March 13, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by Samantha Harlow on the radio program Caribbean Conscious on Indo-Caribbean History, and their interactions with\/contributions to history and culture in the United States Virgin Islands on May 10, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by Samuel Oakford, VICE News&#8217; UN correspondent, based at the Secretariat in New York on Guyana&#8217;s ongoing border controversy with Venezuela on October 25, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Conference Presentations<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cIndo-Caribbean Migration, Cultural Continuity, Change and Identity Formation\u201d University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of South Asian Studies, Center for Leadership &amp; Involvement Virtual Lecture series, March 4, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u201cContesting and Contextualizing: Caribbean East Indian Identity,\u201d A paper presented at Caliban\u00edas y Caribe\u00f1idades: Espacios y Topograf\u00edas Calibans and Caribbeanisms: Spaces and Topographies Calibanismes et Antillanismes: Espaces et Topographies conference at the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 5 April -7 April 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\u201cMisconceptions of Indian Plantation Indenture\u201d A paper presented at the conference on The State of Indian Caribbean Diaspora 100 years after the Abolishment of Indenturedship,\u201d at Columbia University, New York on December 2, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\u201cCombating Decay during Indian Indentured Servitude in the Nineteenth century\u201d, a paper presented at the 45<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Conference on South Asia at Madison, Wisconsin, October 19-24, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\u201cEthnic Conundrum in the United States Virgin Islands\u201d a paper presented at National Association of African American Studies &amp; Affiliates in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on February 11, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>\u201cIndentured Indian Historiography in the Anglophone Caribbean\u201d, a paper presented at the Indian Diaspora: Identity, Trajectories and Tran nationalities conference at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, May 12-16, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>\u201cReconstructing and Reconstituting Caste Customs on the Returning Ships from the Caribbean to India during Indenture\u201d, a paper presented at the 40th annual Caribbean Studies Association conference at the Hilton Riverside Hotel, New Orleans, May 24-29, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>\u201cTransnational Connections during Indenture\u201d a paper presented at the Indentured Labor Route International Conference in Mauritius on November 2-5, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>\u201cHispanic Hybridization in the United States Virgin Islands\u201d a paper presented at National Association of African American Studies &amp; Affiliates at Mississippi College, Clinton Mississippi on April 29, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>\u201cAfrican Heritage in the Caribbean\u201d a paper presented at the Annual Spring Colloquium at Baltimore City Community College On April 10, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>\u201cLecture on 150<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Arrival of East Indians in Danish St. Croix\u201d, a paper presented to the Landmark Society of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands on March 10, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li>\u201cBlack Radicalism in the United States Virgin Islands,\u201d a paper presented the Radical Caribbeans conference, New Orleans, Louisiana on October 4, 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"13\">\n<li>\u201cProblems and predictions in Caribbean East Indian Indentured Historiography\u201d a paper presented at the 150<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the abolition of Slavery and Indenture conference in Suriname on June 6, 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li>\u201cHispanics on St. Croix: Migration and Identity,\u201d a paper presented at National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies Conference, Baton Rouge Louisiana, on February 14, 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li>\u201cAfrican identity in the Caribbean: Cultural Continuity and Change,\u201d a paper presented at Jackson State University October 30, 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"16\">\n<li>Conversation with Dr. William W. Boyer on the occasion of the second edition of his book America\u2019s Virgin Islands: A History of Rights and Wrongs (2010<strong>) <\/strong>via Skype at the Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico on December 2, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"17\">\n<li>\u201cAsian Identity in the Caribbean.\u201d A paper presented at the Conference on The Islands in Between: Language, Literature and Culture of the Eastern Caribbean on 6 November 2009, Dominica.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li>\u201cSt. Croix Secession Movement in the United States Virgin Islands: Independence or Insularity,\u201d a paper presented at the University of Puerto Rico on October 10, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"19\">\n<li>\u201cIndo-Caribbean Resistance and Accommodation,\u201d a paper presented at the University of Puerto Rico on October 10, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"20\">\n<li>\u201cIntra-Caribbean Migration: St Lucians to the United States Virgin Islands, St. Croix,\u201d a paper presented at the Association of Caribbean Historians Conference in Commemoration of the 200<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade in Trinidad in May 2006.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li>\u201cIndo-Caribbean Migration within the Caribbean,\u201d a paper presented at the International Literary Conference: \u201cCaribbean Migrations: Negotiating Borders\u201d at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 18-22, July, 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li>\u201cThe Social Transformation of Caribbean East Indians,\u201d a paper presented at the International East Indian Diaspora Conference: East Indians in the Caribbean: Reflections of the Past; Charting the Way Forward at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad on the 28<sup>th<\/sup> and 29<sup>th<\/sup> of May 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"23\">\n<li>\u201cCultural Change and Continuity: The Dilution of the Caste System among Caribbean East Indians\u201d a Paper Presented at the Conference on The Islands in Between: Language, Literature and Culture of the Eastern Caribbean in Tortola, British Virgin Islands on the 3-7 November 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li>\u201cManaging Guyana\u2019s Forest Regions and the Development of Urban Forests: Cooperation and Challenge,\u201d Proceedings of the 9th Annual Caribbean Urban and Community Forestry Conference in St. John, USVI, June 2004: 36-41. (wrote a paper but unable to present).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"25\">\n<li>\u201cMigration under Indo-Caribbean Indenture Servitude 1838-1917\u201d a paper presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, St. Kitts Marriott Resort, Frigate Bay, St. Kitts, between May 31 and June 5, 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"26\">\n<li>\u201cA History of Intra-Indo-Caribbean Migration,\u201d a paper presented at the Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean Conference: The Global Interface on St Augustine Campus, Trinidad, on the 21 and 22 of May 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"27\">\n<li>\u201cCreating Opportunities out of Indo-Caribbean Indenture\u201d, a paper presented at the Conference: Globalization, Diaspora and Identity Formation at the Hotel Krasnapolky, Paramaribo, Suriname between 26 and 29 of February 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Contributions to Jackson State University<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Served as an Interim Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy 2019-2020<\/li>\n<li>Served in the capacity of the Chair on the College of Liberal Arts Tenure and Promotion committee<\/li>\n<li>Served in the capacity of the Chair of the Search Committee for an Assistant Professor of History<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Search Committee for an Assistant Professor of Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Serving on the Interdisciplinary Programs and Initiatives Committee<\/li>\n<li>Serving on the Student International Programs Committee<\/li>\n<li>Serving on Student Advising Committee<\/li>\n<li>Serving on the Graduate Admissions and Scholarship Committee<\/li>\n<li>Serving on the Technology Committee<\/li>\n<li>Serving on the College Tenure and Promotion Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Contributions to the University and the Community of the United States Virgin Islands<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Served as Chair of the Assessment Committee on Social Science Majors (Psychology, Criminal Justice, Social Work and Social Sciences)<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Periodic Review Report (PRR) on Institutional Effectiveness to be submitted by University of the Virgin Islands to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Distinguishing Lecture Series\/Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Library Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Faculty Policy Manual Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Technology Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served on Isaac Dookhan Memorial Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Job search Committee for Masters of Business Administration faculty<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Alexander Hamilton Committee for the Government of the Virgin Islands and the University of the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Scholarly and Creative Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served as Chair and Coordinator of Social Science 100 Freshman course (8 Sections)<\/li>\n<li>Represented the University of the Virgin Islands at a conference held by former Prime Minister Vere Bird of Antigua and Barbuda<\/li>\n<li>Examiner for summer praxis examinations at the University of the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Virgin Islands Historical Society<\/li>\n<li>Reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed journals<\/li>\n<li>Board member for Virgin Islands Humanities Council<\/li>\n<li>Presented a paper on Haiti\u2019s earthquake at the University of the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Presented a paper on the late Rex Nettleford at the University of the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Presented a paper on Socialist Leaders in the Caribbean at the University of the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Presented a paper to the Police Department of the United States Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Former advisor for the Police Science Associate Degree \uf0b7 Advisor for Social Science Major<\/li>\n<li>Reader for four Master\u2019s thesis in Psychology and Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Awards &amp; Honors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation \u201cIndo-Caribbean Indenture: Creating Opportunities out of Adversity\u201d State University of New York at Albany, 2002.<\/li>\n<li>Visiting Scholar at Skidmore College 2006-2007<\/li>\n<li>Promoted to Associate Professor Fall 2009 at University at the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Granted Tenure Summer 2010 at the University of the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Recognized for the most published faculty member at the University of the Virgin Islands 2008-2009<\/li>\n<li>Received acknowledgement as a reviewer by Oxford University Press to have my name placed in the preface of Franklin Knight\u2019s book <em>The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism (3<sup>rd<\/sup> edition) <\/em>Oxford: Oxford University Press 2010<\/li>\n<li>Specifically nominated by my department for inclusion in an important study (<em>Common Core State Standards Initiative Validity Study) <\/em>that focuses on better preparing high school students for the rigor of college coursework<\/li>\n<li>Member of Editorial Board for the Journal of <em>South Asian Diaspora<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Member of Editorial Board for the <em>International Journal of Women\u2019s Studies<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Member of Editorial Board for the <em>Caribbean Writer<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Member of Board of University Press of Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Member of Editorial Board for Cambridge History of the Caribbean (3 Volumes)<\/li>\n<li>Received the University of Virgin Islands mini-grant for the margin of excellence in 2009<\/li>\n<li>Received sabbatical for Fall 2011 at University of the Virgin Islands<\/li>\n<li>Received sabbatical for Fall 2017 at Jackson State University<\/li>\n<li>Received 2018 Sybil and Gordon Lewis Caribbean Studies Association Book Award<\/li>\n<li>Received 2014 Faculty Excellence Award in the area of teaching, research and service in the History Department at Jackson State University<\/li>\n<li>Promoted to Full Professor in 2017 from Jackson State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Professional Membership<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Association of Caribbean Historians<\/li>\n<li>Association of Virgin Islands Historians<\/li>\n<li>Board Member of University Press of Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>Executive Member of Association of Indentured Historians<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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